Steve Coleman's shit - an alto player with a predelection for the swing
that hip-hops- although he has some straight-ahead albums that
swing like hell!
Steve Coleman and The Metrics (A Tale of Two Cities - The EP) - steve's
band (featuring some big name cats) backing up various rappers - this
disc is definitely dope and unappreciated.
Greg Osby - Anothe alto player that digs deep into the hip-hop jazz funk.
Spoken-word/rap with a DJ, live band/sample format. Utterly fresh. His
new album is all straight ahead, supposedly, but the only one I own is
Black Book, which is straight up dope.
Other possibilities:
The Brooklyn Funk Essentials?
Check that shit out. You'll enjoy it, I hope.
peace -
Z-Love
(On Thu, 28 Nov 1996 CJ.McConaghy@ulst.ac.uk wrote:
>
> I have recently been blown away by Courtney Pine's latest album, 'Modern Day Jazz Stories'
> - for those who haven't heard it yet, it's got excellent sax & drums (real) mixed in with
> loads of scratches/samples. Most of it is superb.
>
> Does anyone know of any other artists/groups which use a similar combination of live sax
> and drums with scratches & samples??
>
> cheers,
>
> Ciaran Mc Conaghy
>
>